Cross Post: Progress Not perfection.

Ok now for an update on me. Yesterday was day 2 of a headache - that hasn't ended yet. So I started feeling sorry for me and what makes me feel better but eating. So... I come into Graham to take Kathryn to gymnastics and then to work out but before the workout I stop at Micky D's and ordered a vanilla shake. Yum nothing like pure sugar to make me feel better. I took a drink. Hey this doesn't taste so good and my head hurts like heck. I know I'll try another one..A drink. Nope still too sweet and Yuck! So I drove by Wal Mart to get some Zinc and threw the drink in the trash. Ok I didn't tell ya'll this so you could run to Dr. W and tell on me. I did go workout then and after the workout I was beating myself up over the shake (because this is my pattern) and decided I wasn't going to do this - beating myself up. I took a step in the right direction. Someone described the journey we are on as a walk across a room. But the room is full of furniture. We have to walk around the furniture - sometimes a step in the right dirction is taking the long way around but it is still progress. That is the way I choose to look at this. There was a time when it didn't matter how that stupid Shake tasted I would have sucked it down. There was a time when once I'd blown it with the shake I wouldn't have bothered to work out. Progress my friends it is important to see it in ourselves. An old OA mantra is Progress not perfection. Keep heading in the right direction even if you take the long way!

terrific - bravo my friend

Perfect analogy. I love it! You deserve a big and This is the way we need to think. Don't let our old negativity get in our way. Just take a step sideways, then move on through the room. WTG on you choice to succeed! Hugs, Valorie

I like your attitude! It's easy to give up when we have a detour. It takes a lot of willpower to get back on track that very minute instead of waiting until tomorrow, next Monday, or whatever timeframe we usually tell ourselves. Good for you! Keep walking around that furniture--one step at a time! Wanda